Wordsworth's Ethics

This elegantly written book amounts to a defense of poetry... It is required reading in any case. Choice 2013 Overwhelment of a very positive sort is nevertheless the effect of Potkay's book on the reader. To the question posed at the outset-'Why read Wordsworth?'-he shapes through his eloquent, erudite and incisive close readings a compelling reply: we read Wordsworth because his verse sensitizes us to ethical engagement, to the kind of contact that enriches life. -- Markus Poetzsch Review of English Studies 2013